Money-saving tips; 550 new Hershey homes; more: Good Morning, Pennsylvania

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What you need to know today, Wednesday, August 10, 2022.

Today’s weather

High: 84; Low: 68. Thunderstorms.

Photo of the day

Items are left in memory of 10 people who died in a fire on First Street in Nescopeck, Luzerne County. (Photo by John Luciew, PennLive.com)

Top stories

Growing in Hershey: The Hershey Trust Co. is building a village-style development near the Hershey Medical Center. Plans call for at least 550 homes, apartments and townhouses, along with retail and commercial space.

Fire aftermath: A Pa. community is grieving and holding fundraisers to help a family that lost 10 people, three of them children, in a house fire that’s under investigation.

Saving money: Ollie’s Bargain Outlet crowned “America’s Biggest Cheapskate,” and shared money-saving tips from several people who entered its contest.

Police direct traffic outside an entrance to former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump said in a lengthy statement that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and asserted that agents had broken open a safe. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, file)

Politics

Mar-a-lago search: Republican candidates for Pa. governor and U.S. senator had harsh words about the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home. The search reportedly focuses on whether Trump took classified records.

Perry’s phone: Republican central Pa. Rep. Scott Perry told Fox News that the FBI confiscated his cell phone yesterday while he was traveling with his family.

Mastriano deposition: Pa. Sen. Doug Mastriano, the GOP candidate for governor, ended a deposition with the committee investigating the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He plans to go to court to challenge its deposition authority.

Sports

New coaches: Harrisburg High plans to hire one of its former state champions and a veteran central Pa. coach to take over its boys and girls basketball programs.

Channel change: The Big Ten wanted a seven-year deal worth $380 million per year from EPSN to broadcast its football and basketball games, but the network declined, ending a decades-long TV agreement.

Hunting licenses: More than a third of the state’s 948,000 doe hunting licenses remain available to hunters, but not in traditional hunting camp regions.

Photos taken by the owners during construction of this Cool Spaces home on Gutshall Lane in Upper Allen Township.

In brief

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